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Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Results of MSSA's 29th National Championships

White Rabbit Gaming with their National Federation Colours

MSSA's 29th
National Championships (sponsored by MWEB) hosted by HTS Witbank
was
indeed a success.

The championship attracted players from the
majority of provinces, and players battled it out to not only to
earn the title of South African Champion, but also to earn
National
Federation Colours and the right to fight for a place in the 2016
National Team Trials that will ultimately deliver a team to the
IeSF's 2016 8th World Championships.

The championship
delivered a number of surprises. Most notable of the surprise
results
were to be found in the CounterStrike, FIFA, and HearthStone
titles.

In CounterStrike, the newly formed Whit Rabbit
Gaming team smashed the opposition. Only the St John's team
offered
any sort of resistance as White Rabbit surged forward to take
first
place, and by winning all ttheir games, earned National Colours in
the process.

In FIFA, it has
been held for the past couple of years that Kyle Turnbull is
without
doubt the best player in South Africa. However, a challenger from
Fairmont High School, by the name of Andrew Reeve, emerged and in
the
championship, held Kyle to a draw. Kyle was physically shocked!
The
final position was thus decided on tie-break which Kyle won on
goal
average!

HearthStone too showed a new challenger coming to
the fore. While Maryke romped home in the females section, Brandon
Horn waltzed home to take the title of South African champion and
earn himself a position in the 2016 National Team Trials.